I don't think using a HT would cause problems.  In those instances of
which I am aware, it was high-powered gear, i.e., HF SSB/CW gear, that
was involved in heart-stopping events!

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >
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----- Original Message -----
From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 10:28 AM
Subject: pace makers and ham radio bands


> Hi everyone. I just was talking to my step father's dad, and he was
just
> recently discharged from the hospital with an irregular heart beat.  I
> don't know if they will be giving him a pace maker or not but he is 91
> years old and quite active for his age.  He still drives and
everything.
>         What I want to know is is there any harm with operating
2-meters
> or 220 or 440 around him either now or when he gets the pace maker if
in
> fact this is what he ends up getting?  I know that pace makers at
least
> some of them have had interference problems from RF, but I also know a
few
> hams who have them and are still able to operate.  Any information
would
> be appreciated, and thanks in advance.
>
>